Design Bookshelf: 16 Books on American Style

American style, like our citizens and cuisine, is hardly homogenous. Books on the subject are equally vast and varied — so much so that I bet no two Apartment Therapy writers would have the same list, which would be different than yours. With that in mind, here are 16 books that create a shelf on American style that is both informational and inspirational.

Though hardly an exhaustive list, here are a shelf-full of texts on American style to get your library started: